“Upon the union of the male germ cell with the female egg cell, a new cell is created which almost immediately splits into two parts. One of these grows rapidly, creating the human body of the individual with all its organs, and dies only with the individual.” HumansTwoBodyDiesIndividualGrowsCreatingFemaleUnionsMalesCellsEggsOrgansSplitsHuman BodyGerms Author:Christian Lous Lange
“Leaving the complications of the human breakfast-table out of account, in an elemental sense, the egg only exists to produce the chicken. But the chicken does not exist only in order to produce another egg. He may also exist to amuse himself, to praise God, and even to suggest ideas to a French dramatist. Being a conscious life, he is, or may be, valuable in himself.” HumansMayDoeIdeasOrderAnimalProduceCreaturesConsciousAccountsPraiseTablesLeavingValuableEggsChickensBreakfastComplicationElementalsPraise God Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Why should human females become sterile in their forties, while female crocodiles continue to lay eggs into their third century?” ShouldHumansWomenCenturyFemaleThirdsLaysFortyEggsCrocodiles Author:Aldous Huxley
“It would be great if we were on multiple planets, but I think that's unrealistic. Hawking says we have to be on multiple planets so an asteroid could come and you'd still have some humans left. It's a nice idea. It satisfies the multiple-eggs-in-multiple-baskets concept.” IfsThinkingHumansStillsIdeasWould BeLeftNicePlanetsConceptsEggsMultipleBasketsAsteroids Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson